The Amazing History of the Western States 100
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
4.8 • 866 Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2024
⏱️ 109 minutes
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Summary
Get ready for a full week of Freetrail coverage leading into the 2024 Western States 100. We'll have a daily show Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday before we turn our work towards the race broadcast all weekend.
On Tuesday June 25th at 3pm PT, join us to discuss the Top Moments in the History of the Western States 100. The show will be hosted by Dylan Bowman, with co-hosts Corrine Malcolm and Tim Tollefson. Tune in to hear our hosts talk about some of the biggest moments from the history of the race. We have a few special guests joining us so this is one you won't want to miss!
All week, our shows will be broadcast from 'The Freetrail Saloon' in Coffeebar Olympic Village. You can tune in live each day and you can join us in person Thursday since that show will be broadcast on YouTube in front of a live audience. See you at States!
Want to learn more about Freetrail? Check out Freetrail.com to learn more and consider joining our membership community, Freetrail Pro, to be part of the best global online community of passionate trail runners. Best sport in the world!
Make sure to play Freetrail's own fantasy trail running at https://fantasy.freetrail.com/events. The top 3 Fantasy winners at Western States will receive sweet prizes.
Our Western States coverage is brought to you by our good friends at HOKA. We're grateful for their generous support and belief in Freetrail.
Freetrail Links:
Website | https://freetrail.com/
Freetrail Pro | https://freetrail.com/freetrail-pro/
Patreon | https://www.patreon.com/dylanbowman
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/runfreetrail/?hl=en
YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8MKI1xB8YMchI1764zJXHg
Freetrail Experts | https://freetrail.com/freetrail-experts/
Dylan Links:
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/dylanbo/?hl=en
Twitter | https://twitter.com/dylanbo?lang=en
LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-bowman-06174380/
Strava | https://www.strava.com/pros/1596921
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to free trail's coverage of the 2024 Western States 100, the granddaddy of Trail 100 Mile Racing, |
| 0:23.4 | celebrating its 51st year from beautiful Olympic Valley, California. |
| 0:28.1 | Freed Trail is here on the ground doing daily live shows in partnership with our good friends |
| 0:33.8 | at Hoka, and we couldn't be more excited. |
| 0:39.3 | It doesn't need to be stated, but Western States is truly one of the great sporting events in the entire world. It has been a major |
| 0:44.4 | part of my life for more than a decade. And it is a true honor to be able to bring our coverage |
| 0:50.0 | to the global trail running community every day. What you're about to hear in the podcast feed is the audio from the YouTube live streams |
| 0:57.2 | that we're doing every day. |
| 0:58.9 | Of course, we would love for you to join us live on YouTube if you prefer the video experience. |
| 1:04.2 | So if you do, visit the show notes where you can find a link to Free Trail's YouTube channel. |
| 1:09.5 | As I said, our coverage all week is made possible with support from Hoka, the brand born |
| 1:14.5 | from trail running, the presenting sponsor of Western States, and the makers of some of the |
| 1:19.1 | most popular footwear and apparel products on the market. |
| 1:23.3 | You'll hear more from Hoka during the show, but please visit Hoka.com to check out all of their |
| 1:27.9 | amazing products. Best sport ever, best week ever. Western States is here. Thanks for joining us. |
| 1:43.2 | Okay, we are officially live. |
| 1:45.2 | Welcome back to the Hoka Saloon. |
| 1:47.5 | Free Trail is covered to the 2024 Western States 100. |
| 1:50.8 | My name is Dylan Bowman. |
| 1:52.8 | And joining me today, my esteemed guest is none other than the unofficial historian of the Western States 120 year board member, five years as president, |
| 2:04.1 | Mr. John Trent. John, welcome to the program. Dylan, thanks for having me. I bring 512 Instagram |
| 2:09.5 | followers and the best of intentions. Well, those of us who know you know that you are far more |
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